NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 | 43
W A R R IO R
STR O N G
TO
LEARN
MORE
ABOUT
PHOENI
X,
VI
SI
T
MED.
WAYNE.
EDU/DATA-
MAPPI
NG
An
emer
gency
r
oom
i
s
desi
gned
to
tr
eat
i
mmedi
ate,
of
ten
l
i
f
e-
thr
eateni
ng
condi
ti
ons.
Among
al
l
thi
s
chaos,
Dr
.
Phi
l
l
i
p
Levy,
assi
stant
vi
ce
pr
esi
dent
of
Tr
ansl
ati
onal
Sci
ence
and
Cl
i
ni
cal
Resear
ch
I
nnovati
on
at
Wayne
State
Uni
ver
si
ty,
saw
a
hi
dden
oppor
tuni
ty:
A
pati
ent’s
data
of
f
er
s
cl
ues
i
nto
not
onl
y
thei
r
heal
th,
but
i
nto
the
over
al
l
heal
th
of
the
communi
ty.
Project
PHOENI
X
is
born.
As
a
r
esi
dent,
Dr
.
Levy
was
taught
that
an
emer
gency
r
oom
doctor
had
to
see
beyond
the
emer
genci
es.
The
pati
ents
r
epr
esented
how
the
heal
th
car
e
system
was
per
f
or
mi
ng
f
or
the
peopl
e
of
the
ci
ty.
He
l
ear
ned
that
i
n
most
cases,
ther
e
was
a
l
ar
ger
,
l
onger
-
ter
m
i
ssue
that
was
the
r
oot
cause,
and
he
was
dr
i
ven
to
i
magi
ne
a
wor
l
d
wher
e
popul
ati
on
heal
th
car
e
was
an
ef
f
ecti
ve
way
to
i
mpr
ove
over
al
l
heal
th.
PHOENI
X
—
whi
ch
stands
f
or
Popul
ati
on
Heal
th
Outcomes
and
I
nf
or
mati
on
Exchange
—
i
s
a
shar
ed
database
that
i
denti
f
i
es
di
seases
af
f
ecti
ng
a
par
ti
cul
ar
ar
ea,
the
pr
eci
se
r
i
sk
f
actor
s
that
cause
them,
the
oppor
tuni
ti
es
to
addr
ess
them
and
the
abi
l
i
ty
to
tr
ack
the
heal
th
outcomes
af
ter
i
nter
venti
ons
have
been
put
i
n
pl
ace.
When
a
patient
is
a
symptom.
The
heal
th
car
e
wor
l
d
has
many
ways
to
tr
eat
pati
ents,
but
Dr
.
Levy
wanted
to
tr
eat
the
l
ong-
ter
m
i
ssues
that
wer
e
causi
ng
l
ar
ge
par
ts
of
the
popul
ati
on
of
Detr
oi
t
to
be
si
ck.
He
wonder
ed
why
he
saw
so
many
r
el
ati
vel
y
young
pati
ents
wi
th
consequences
of
uncontr
ol
l
ed
hyper
tensi
on.
Usi
ng
de-
i
denti
f
i
ed
data
f
r
om
mul
ti
pl
e
sour
ces,
he
was
f
i
r
st
abl
e
to
i
denti
f
y
census
tr
acts
wher
e
bl
ood
pr
essur
e
contr
ol
appear
ed
to
be
the
wor
st.
Remar
kabl
y,
he
was
abl
e
to
see
that
each
nei
ghbor
hood
had
a
uni
que
constel
l
ati
on
of
under
l
yi
ng
contr
i
butor
s
to
thi
s
pr
obl
em.
Suddenl
y,
i
t
was
cl
ear
:
By
i
denti
f
yi
ng
the
patter
ns
hi
dden
i
n
data,
he
woul
d
be
abl
e
to
dr
i
ve
i
nnovati
ve
sol
uti
ons
f
r
om
beyond
the
f
i
el
d
of
medi
ci
ne
to
make
a
huge
di
f
f
er
ence
i
n
the
heal
th
of
the
peopl
e
that
l
i
ve
i
n
our
communi
ty.
Thinking
beyond
medical
intervention.
Data
i
s
mor
e
than
a
pati
ent’s
vi
tal
s
on
a
char
t.
I
t’s
a
di
agnosti
c
tool
that
hel
ps
the
heal
th
car
e
communi
ty
i
mpr
ove
peopl
e’s
l
i
ves
f
or
year
s
to
come.
Car
r
egi
str
ati
on
data
may
uncover
an
ar
ea
wher
e
tr
anspor
tati
on
i
s
ol
d
and
unr
el
i
abl
e,
maki
ng
getti
ng
to
a
doctor
pr
acti
cal
l
y
i
mpossi
bl
e.
For
ecl
osur
e
data
may
i
ndi
cate
that
a
pati
ent
i
s
at
r
i
sk
of
bei
ng
homel
ess,
and
str
ess
comes
wi
th
that.
“Pati
ent
data”
i
n
the
near
f
utur
e
i
s
goi
ng
to
be
compl
etel
y
r
ei
magi
ned
to
r
epr
esent
ever
y
per
son’s
i
ndi
vi
dual
r
i
sk
f
actor
s.
And
the
ef
f
ect
of
ever
y
i
nter
venti
on
can
be
tr
acked
and
measur
ed
to
see
how
ef
f
ecti
ve
i
t
was.
I
t’s
health
that
should
be
rising.
Not
the
cost
of
it.
PHOENI
X
shows
how
data
can
save
l
i
ves
and
take
costs
out
of
the
heal
th
car
e
system.
I
nstead
of
decades
of
tr
eatment
f
or
hi
gh
bl
ood
pr
essur
e,
l
ower
-cost,
pr
oacti
ve
car
e
coul
d
hel
p
us
avoi
d
havi
ng
to
tr
eat
i
t
al
together
.
And
that’s
Warrior
Strong.
SOMETI
MES,
DAT
A
I
S
THE
BEST
MEDI
CI
NE.